Ingredients

(you will need some extra flour to roll dough in before placing onto baking sheet)

*See below for possible substitutions

Directions

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Mix dry ingredients. Then, add 4 tb. of butter and run through the mixture with your hands until incorporated. Add buttermilk. Batter should be tacky and sticky in texture. Shape into 8 equal round pieces using floured hands and dusting balls with flour and shaking off excess. I do this on a flour filled plate. Place into an 8" or 9" round cake pan with rimmed sides. Brush with 2 tbs. melted butter. Bake at 500 degrees for 5 minutes, then reduce temperature to 450 degrees and cook another 15 minutes or until brown.

NOTE: These make 8, LARGE, fluffy biscuits. You can make the batter and place into the pans the night before for easy weekend baking. Be sure to plastic wrap the biscuits and refrigerate the biscuits so they don't dry out.

SUBSTITUTIONS: If you don't have buttermilk, add skim milk instead plus 1/8 cup of flour.You can also use crisco in lieu of butter.

I made these using 2 tsp baking powder and omitting the salt since I use very little salt. I only used 1 cup of skim milk and 4T of butter and I added .5 cup chopped black walnuts. I made them as drop biscuits and they're delicious! Light, fluffy, and hearty! Best when warm right out of the oven.
- 6/1/10